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|Member of [[GADIANTON('S) ROBBERS|G<small>ADIANTON BAND</small>]], brother of Chief Judge [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]]; ca. 23 BC both were murdered ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/9/26#26 Helaman 9:26])
|Member of [[GADIANTON('S) ROBBERS|G<small>ADIANTON BAND</small>]], brother of Chief Judge [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]]; ca. 23 BC both were murdered ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/9.26?lang=eng#25 Helaman 9:26])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


The element ''antum'' occurs in several Book of Mormon names, but remains unexplained. Perhaps in this name it is not a separate element, but the name rather consists of
'''S<small>EANTUM</small>''' could be composed of two Semitic roots, ''šʾn'', as represented in the Hebrew ''šĕʾān'', “place of rest”<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']]: שאן.</ref> and Ugaritic “to be at ease;”<ref>Dietrich, Manfred and Oswald Loretz, ed. ''Analytic Ugaritic Bibliography'' 1792-1988. [[Alter Orient und altes Testament|AOAT]] 20/6 (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1996), 785.</ref> and ''tmm'' as found in Hebrew ''tōm'' and ''tūm'' meaning “perfection, in full measure”<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']]: תם.</ref> Therefore, the meaning of '''S<small>EANTUM</small>''' could be “place of complete rest” or “rest of perfection.
''sean'' and the ending ''tum''. Possible Semitic roots would include ''š''/''ś''/''sʿn'' ''š''/''ś''/''sʾn''.


Other suggestions include [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] prefix ''s3'', “son” (JAT) and cognate of [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] Hittite Sandon, Sandas (LID, 33, ABM, 238).
Were it not that Ugaritic ''suʾnu'' “hem, border” and Akkadian ''sūnu'' “hem” unequivocally have a /u/ vowel, it might be tempting to see a play on words in the text where he is first mentioned as “having blood on the skirts of his cloak” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/9.26?lang=eng#25 Helaman 9:26]).


Cf. Book of Mormon [[ANTUM|A<small>NTUM</small>]], [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]], et al., [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]]
Other suggestions include [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] prefix ''s3'', “son” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] has suggested a cognate of [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite Sandon, Sandas<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|Hugh W. Nibley, ''Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites'']] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo: FARMS, 1988, 32; Id., [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'']], (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo FARMS, 1989), 289</ref>.
 
Cf. Book of Mormon [[ANTUM|A<small>NTUM</small>]], [[SEEZORAM|S<small>EEZORAM</small>]], [[CEZORAM|C<small>EZORAM</small>]], et al., [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]]


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''


'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐝𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐣 (siːæntʌm)


'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 13:15, 7 April 2016

Lehite PN 1. Member of GADIANTON BAND, brother of Chief Judge SEEZORAM; ca. 23 BC both were murdered (Helaman 9:26)

Etymology

SEANTUM could be composed of two Semitic roots, šʾn, as represented in the Hebrew šĕʾān, “place of rest”[1] and Ugaritic “to be at ease;”[2] and tmm as found in Hebrew tōm and tūm meaning “perfection, in full measure”[3] Therefore, the meaning of SEANTUM could be “place of complete rest” or “rest of perfection.”

Were it not that Ugaritic suʾnu “hem, border” and Akkadian sūnu “hem” unequivocally have a /u/ vowel, it might be tempting to see a play on words in the text where he is first mentioned as “having blood on the skirts of his cloak” (Helaman 9:26).

Other suggestions include EGYPTIAN prefix s3, “son” (JAT). Nibley has suggested a cognate of EGYPTIAN-Hittite Sandon, Sandas[4].

Cf. Book of Mormon ANTUM, SEEZORAM, CEZORAM, et al., TEANCUM

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐣 (siːæntʌm)

Notes


  1. HALOT: שאן.
  2. Dietrich, Manfred and Oswald Loretz, ed. Analytic Ugaritic Bibliography 1792-1988. AOAT 20/6 (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1996), 785.
  3. HALOT: תם.
  4. Hugh W. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo: FARMS, 1988, 32; Id., An Approach to the Book of Mormon, (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo FARMS, 1989), 289
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